Americans eat 700 million pounds every year (3lbs per person), which could theoretically cover the entire floor of the Grand Canyon

Peanut Butter Trivia: did you know?

There’s a joke-phobia: people becoming hysterical when peanut butter sticks to their palate have “Arachibutyrophobia”

Americans on the West Coast prefer chunky peanut butter, whereas those in the East Coast like it creamy

The reason peanut butter sticks to your mouth is that its high protein content absorbs moisture

The Aztecs had their own recipe for peanut butter

Peanut butter was almost never used outside the US until 1960

The first peanut butter process was patented by John H. Kellogg and his brother

The average american boy eats 1500 peanut butter sandwiches before reaching the age of 18

With very high pressure and temperature, peanut butter can be transformed into diamonds (althouth that’s true for pretty much everything containing carbon!)

Due to its high fat and protein content, peanut butter is used as base emergency food for famine-stricken countries

Creamy peanut butter can be used to remove chewing gum from clothes and hair

The Dutch have a different variety of peanut butter: it’s salty and reported to taste like Satay sauce. The local name is “pindakaas”, which means “peanut cheese”: this name was chosen because the word “butter” had already been trademarked!.

The world’s largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich was created November 6th, 1993 in Peanut, Pennsylvania and was 40 ft long. It contained 150lbs of peanut butter and 50lbs of jelly.

96% of people, when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, put the peanut butter on before the jelly

Adults actually consume more peanut butter than kids

Although Dr. George Washington Carver is generally believed to be the father of peanut butter, he didn’t invent it!

The US market for peanut butter amounts to 800 million dollars per year